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Registration

The
registration fee covers lunches and organizing expenses.

Mail your registration form and a check payable to IFAAB for
$75.00 (US
funds) to Wayne Hunthausen.

One to three abstracts must be submitted in the
body of an email (see
below) to Wayne Hunthausen by October 13, 2004.Please
do not send as an attachment.

Full refund if
cancellation is received by January 28, 2005.
None after that
date.

Abstracts

Each attendee must either give a presentation on a topic,
lead a discussion, or participate on a panel.

The
topics must be related to the field of applied animal behavior, and
relevant to behavior consultants.

Abstracts
should be 75-300 words, have a title, be concise and in a form ready to be
posted on the IFAAB website.

They need not be
detailed, but should contain enough information so that other attendees
will have a general idea of the information that will be presented.

They
must be sent in the body of an email,
not as an attachment.

Be sure to send a/v requirements and estimated
time of presentation with your abstract.

The program committee will
evaluate all submissions and notify the participants by email once they
are accepted.

Guidelines
For Presentations

Length of presentation may be from 20 to 50 minutesSuggested
presentations formats:

Practical applications

Interesting case histories for discussion (videos encouraged)

Panel discussion: 2 to 3 panel participants give a short
introduction to topic and then open the discussion to the group

Research
presentations

Animal learning
or ethological theory as they relate to the diagnosis or treatment of
behavior problems

Be
sure to send a/v requirements and estimated time of presentation
with your registration.

A/V equipment available

LCD projector

Flip chart and markers

If you need anything else be sure to contact the site host

Suggested
Presentation Topics for Meeting:

Topics suggested from 2004 participants for 2005:

1/2 day of case studies - primarily unusual, difficult,
new techniques, NOT run of the mill stuff

Learning theory

Business (how to increase referrals, marketing,
liability, etc)

Children - how to manage them during a consultation, how
to communicate with them and ask questions during behavioral history
taking, how to communicate their role in treatment

Revisit "education thing" - ML, Pete and Pam in charge

Cat topics

Social psychologist to discuss attraction theory

Clicker training with kids from violent homes.

New and interesting treatment
procedures

Topics suggested from previous years:

Unhealthy pet-person relationships

Fearful behavior, phobias, fear
aggression

Comparative communication systems

Systematic approach to different
treatment techniques

Video
analysis of treatment techniques

What we do on first contact by
phone – what do you say, what do you make sure you say (A good topic
for a panel - Whoever presents on this topic might contact folks ahead
of time and gather data about commonalties that could be part of the
presentation)

Summary Of The
Activities And Tentative Time-Frame For The 2005 MEETING

April 1 - Site determined

April 15 - Site info forwarded
from site host to J Wright for registration brochure and W
Hunthausen for website

August 1 - Registration information
postcards mailed

Oct 13 - Registration deadline

Oct 14- 22 - Abstracts sent by
email to the program committee.

Oct 22 - Program committee begins to evaluate
abstracts.

Nov 11 - Applicants
notified by email that their applications are complete.

Nov 12 - Committee
begins to design a tentative program. The committee communicates with
applicants for which there are questions to work out acceptable
abstracts.

Nov 15 - Program committee finalizes program

Nov 20 - Final approval of
program.

Nov 25 - Applicants
notified that their abstracts (and which ones) have been accepted.

Dec 12 - Program committee sends final program
with a list of equipment requirements to W Hunthausen for posting on
website.